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Message: <blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 7779828" data-attributes="member: 6921294"><p>I watched this last night on Amazon Prime for $1.99, well worth it.  Got me thinking how the game has changed for me since I started playing in 1980 or so.  When we were kids we'd sit around and talk about the game, read the books and look at the art even when we werent playing.  Now nearly 40 years later Im running a game every other Friday evening, myself whose 44, another who Ive played with since 2E is 47, two other players are in their mid 30's ones played 3E, 4E and 5E, the other only 5E, the last 2 are in their early to mid 20's and have only played 5E since last June.  Because we only play for 3-4 hours a session, I rarely open a book to look up rules, use a battle mat or miniatures and rely mostly on theater of the minds eye; I dont even use a screen.  Only one of my players besides myself own any books.  Watching this documentary made me realize that my younger players dont have that background that us older players have of looking through those books and getting a sense of what the fantasy settings and mystique is all about.  I have to explain things in more detail to them.  I think starting with my next game Im going to start using more art work and pictures during the game, leaving a few books on the table for them to flip through hoping to spark their imagination.  Having played for so long I sometimes seem to forget that not everyone knows what an illithid looks like.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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